The ways in which the players energise and provoke each other become understandable when you can actually *see* them. Viola player Olivier Samouillan makes some of the greasiest sounds you will ever hear coming from a viola, but the facial expression which accompanies them, goading, snarling, explains exactly what he is doing. To see quite how agile and versatile Guillaume Latil's cello playing is you have to see the superhuman speed with which his left hand moves up and down the fingerboard.
And to understand the chemistry of the interaction between the two South American violinists Rodrigo Bauzá and Federico Nathan and the multiple ways they have of deranging yet supporting each other, you have to be there. This is badly-behaved string quartet playing as its own art-form. Without a single sheet of printed material in sight. They live this music and there are no barriers to communication. Phenomenal.
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